Marquis Couch: DL · Marshall · #6.
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Marquis Couch
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Fourth year in the same defensive front at Marshall. A game that shows it: 9 tackles against UCF — Bowl, 2019.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
60 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 5.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 56-17vs VMI | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 7-14@ No. 24 Boise State | 8 | 3 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 33-31vs Ohio | 6 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 14-52vs Cincinnati | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 13-24@ Middle Tennessee | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 31-17vs Old Dominion | 5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 36-31@ Florida Atlantic | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 26-23vs Western Kentucky | 6 | 3 | 3.0 | 3.0 | — | 0 | 3 sacks |
| Wk 10 | W 20-7@ Rice | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 31-10vs Louisiana Tech | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 13-24@ Charlotte | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 30-27vs Florida International | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 25-48vs UCF | 9 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 60 | 22 | 5.5 | 4.5 | — | 1 |
Week 9 · 2019
W 26-23
3 sacks · 3 tackles for loss · 6 tackles
A close one, won by 3 at home.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
9%6 TFLSack rate
8%4 sacksHurry rate
12%7 hurries60 tackles · 5.5 for loss · 4.5 sacks.
4 seasons under Doc Holliday — 28-23 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 4.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 3.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 5.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Doc Holliday
Pass share
40.3%
350 pass / 519 run
Plays / game
66.8
13 games
Team sack rate
6.2%
401 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2019
60 tackles in 13 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Marshall, 10 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
1 coachPlayed every college season under Doc Holliday.
